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Madison Beer was “swallowed up by the glossy production and space-themed visuals”
Madison Beer was “swallowed up by the glossy production and space-themed visuals”
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Madison Beer was destined to be a Gen Z idol from the moment Justin Bieber tweeted her cover of Etta James’s At Last, when she was just 13. Since that first viral moment, her time in the spotlight has been rocky. Now 25, Beer struggled to shed her Disney child star image, and has written about feeling suicidal after Snapchat nudes, taken when she was a teenager, were leaked. Her latest album, Silence Between Songs, released last year, was a chance to reflect on all the noise.

Opening with Home to Another One, an ethereal single from the album, the New Yorker could hardly be heard. Her whispery voice was lost under her two-piece band and the thousands of teenage girls screaming